Chapter 425 Please help me

Zhan Gui has actually lived in Victory Port for more than a year, and has become accustomed to the many strange rules implemented by the Haihan people. Although the Haihan people are good at business, they are not purely greedy for money.

They are all sold for takeout, but there are still many things that are strictly controlled and rarely sold to the outside world, such as advanced sailboats built by shipyards.

Zhan Gui would go to the shipyard under various pretexts almost every month to see the new sailboats made by the Haihan people. He had long wanted to find an opportunity to buy a few sailboats. When he heard that he needed to issue corresponding certificates, he had almost no idea.

He hesitated and started to get involved. It happened that a cargo ship under his name arrived at the port today. Zhan Gui took the cargo manifest and found Zhou Hengxing first - one of the units required by the shipyard to issue certificates was the port administration, and Zhan Gui

Your ships now all dock at Sanya Inland Port, and the leader in charge is Zhou Hengxing.

Zhan Gui's dual identity as shareholder and representative was displayed there, and he always performed well. Zhou Hengxing naturally would not embarrass him in such a place. After making the phone call, he invited Zhan Gui in again, and then in front of him

Certificate issued.

Zhan Gui did not expect that this matter could be handled so smoothly. Thinking about it, if he went to the Ming Dynasty government to do something, he probably wouldn't be able to finish it in a few days, and it would also depend on whether the joints in the yamen were in place. Although the rules of the Haihan people are

The procedures are strict and cumbersome, but things are done without delay. This is also highly appreciated by foreign businessmen like Zhan Gui. Zhan Gui sometimes thinks that if the Ming government can be so tolerant to maritime merchants, then the merchants along the coast of the Ming Dynasty will be so tolerant.

Hong Kong is not just a limited place like it is now, but the scale of foreign trade should also be much better than the current situation.

Zhan Gui took the certificate written by Zhou Hengxing and thanked him profusely, and said that he would entertain Zhou Hengxing at a convenient time. He knew that these Haihan people would not accept rewards in the form of gold and silver, and at most they would only agree to eat - even then it would have to wait and see.

Whether the person involved has enough face or not, not every businessman who invited Haihan leaders to dinner waited for a positive response.

Zhou Hengxing smiled and said: "Boss Zhan is too polite. Even if I don't help you with this matter, you still treat me to dinner every month. Don't worry, if this ship is to be used for takeout, you will definitely be the first batch of users."

"

Zhan Gui noticed very sensitively that what Zhou Hengxing said was "the first batch" rather than "the first family", but he was relieved in an instant - the "Furuifeng" Li family, as the number one partner of the Haihan people, of course not

He may miss this kind of benefit. Zhan Gui also knows that his relationship with the Haihan people is not as good as that of the Li family, and the business scope of the two parties is also different. There is no direct competitive relationship, so he has nothing to fight for.

Thoughts like this.

Just when Zhan Gui was about to stand up and say goodbye, he was stopped by Zhou Hengxing: "Boss Zhan, sit down for a while, I have something to trouble you with."

Zhan Gui quickly responded: "If Director Zhou has something to do, just ask him, but Zhan will never shirk him no matter what he can do."

"It's not that serious." Zhou Hengxing said with a smile: "Wait here for a while, there are people from other departments who want to see you."

Zhan Gui couldn't figure out Zhou Hengxing's intention, but he had just issued a certificate for himself, so it wouldn't be a bad thing, so he followed the other party's instructions and sat back and waited.

After a cup of tea, someone came to Zhou Hengxing's office. Zhan Gui saw that the visitor was a man in his thirties, with a thin build and wearing the usual double-breasted shorts and narrow trousers worn by Haihan people.

.The man turned his head and glanced at Zhan Gui. Zhan Gui felt that he was a little distracted for a moment, because most of this man's eyes were black and white, so few that he could hardly see them. When he looked over, he only noticed a pair of white eyes.

Bottomless black pupils.

Seeing this person appear at the door, Zhou Hengxing stood up and greeted him: "Brother Hao, you're here! Come on, let me introduce him to you."

Zhou Hengxing said and stretched his hand towards Zhan Gui. Upon seeing this, Zhan Gui quickly stood up.

"This is Zhan Gui, the boss of Zhan's Ship Company. He has always done a lot of business cooperation with us and is considered an old friend." After Zhou Hengxing introduced Zhan Gui, he turned to introduce the visitor: "This is Director Hao Wanqing Hao.

The specific work he is responsible for happens to be somewhat related to your business, so there are some official matters that I need to talk to Boss Zhan."

Hao Wanqing cupped his hands and said: "Boss Zhan, I have long admired you!"

Zhan Gui didn't even dare, but he was wondering about Director Hao's background. According to Zhan Gui's understanding of Haihan's official positions, he knew that the largest position was the nine executive members of the executive committee. Even among the Haihan people,

Zhong is also the real "head". Secondly, there are the "ministers" of each "ministry". Zhan Gui believes that their functions can only be roughly similar to those of the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and industry.

The division of labor among the Han people is even more detailed. At the same time, most of the executive committee members also serve as ministers of various departments. Counting further down, there are various directors with numerous names, such as the heads of the management committees of Sanya Port, Shengli Port, and Heitu Port. Their positions are all

He is the director, and the top leaders of Haihan’s overseas agencies, such as the Cliff Office and the Guangdong Office, are also directors. But in addition, there are many departments that also have this position.

Zhan Gui had not met Director Hao before, and had not even heard of his name. And Zhou Hengxing's introduction was very vague, and he did not even explain the person's background, which made Zhan Gui difficult for a while.

Guess which kind of immortal the other party is.

"Boss Zhan, if it's convenient, I would like to delay you for a while to talk, okay?" Hao Wanqing stared at Zhan Gui's eyes. Although he was asking for Zhan Gui's opinion, there was an air that could not be questioned.

"Convenient, convenient!" Zhan Gui responded quickly.

"My car is right outside, please!" Hao Wanqing made an inviting gesture.

The two said goodbye to Zhou Hengxing and came out. Zhan Gui saw a four-wheeled carriage with a sunshade parked on the roadside outside. This kind of carriage is not very common in the local area, because the limited horses must be arranged in poor traffic conditions.

The most ideal area for carrying goods is to keep it in the military's cavalry base, and it is rarely used to carry people or pull vehicles.

Zhan Gui noticed that there was more than one coachman sitting in front of the car, and there was a Haihan militiaman with a loaded gun next to him. However, what he was holding was not the Type 28 breech-loaded flintlock rifle that is common in the army, but a

A special version of the double-barreled short-barreled musket. Although Zhan Gui often saw Haihan's armed personnel in Sanya, this was the first time he saw this new type of short-barreled musket, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

After Zhan Gui and Hao Wanqing got on the carriage, the coachman waved his whip, and two packhorses pulled the carriage and began to move slowly. Zhan Gui saw that Hao Wanqing was staring ahead and seemed to have no intention of talking to him, so he did not dare to speak casually at the moment.

, and sat quietly.

After the carriage left Sanya Port, it went along the highway to the Victory Port in the northwest direction. Seeing the Victory Fort getting closer and closer, Zhan Gui was about to ask if he was entering the fort, but the carriage turned in the opposite direction and left the Victory Fort.

Cross on the west side and continue heading northwest.

Zhan Gui's main activity areas in Sanya are concentrated around Victory Port and Sanya Port. As for the Tiandu area where outsiders are prohibited from entering and exiting at will, he has never been there once. But the carriage did not go all the way to Tiandu along the road.

Entering, he soon crossed the railway line to the west and entered a small road only one foot wide. Sitting in the car, Zhan Gui saw that the road surface was still loess, and he knew that there were not many people passing by here every day, because of the flow of people and goods.

For larger roads, the Ministry of Construction almost all uses Haihan cement to solidify the road surface.

After walking along the trail toward the mountains for a while, Zhan Gui saw a yard appearing in the woods ahead. The building in this yard was somewhat similar to the Anjufang apartment Zhan Gui had seen in Sanya New Town. It was divided into first floors.

With two floors on the ground floor, the architectural style remains the same, with a gray and unremarkable appearance, but it is still luxuriously equipped with Haihan specialty glass windows.

The carriage slowly stopped in the open space outside the yard. Zhan Gui noticed that there were several other similar carriages here. It seemed that the people working in this place had a lot of authority. There were two officers standing outside the yard door.

The gun guard immediately raised his hand in a military salute when he saw Hao Wanqing.

Zhan Gui noticed a plaque hanging at the door of the courtyard that was not very conspicuous. There were only five words on the white and black plaque: Haihan Security Department.

"What kind of department is this?" Zhan Gui muttered in his heart as he followed Hao Wanqing into the courtyard.

The situation here seems to be no different from the Haihan institutions that Zhan Gui has visited before, but Zhan Gui still quickly noticed an unusual place. In addition to the staff hurriedly walking through the corridor with documents,

Except for himself, no outsiders were seen wearing Ming Dynasty or other local costumes - except for himself, everyone here was wearing Haihan-style clothing with short jackets and long trousers.

Thinking of the secluded location of this place, Zhan Gui could conclude that this was not a place open to the public. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, because he suddenly remembered that during a chat with a senior official of Haihan, he seemed to hear something

I have seen the word "Security Department" - this is the Dongchang established by the Haihan people, an agency like the Jinyiwei!

Dongchang and Jinyiwei were really like wolves and tigers in the minds of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the people targeted by these two yamen had to die or shed their skin. Although the people of Haihan often talk about the "rule of law"

But Zhan Gui also knew that these people would never show mercy when they should be ruthless. When Sanya New City was developed, Zhan Gui also knew some of the practices of the Haihan people that had not been exposed. Those who were unwilling to relocate and tried to resist violently

All those who had acquired land were packed up by the Haihan militia and put on cargo ships bound for Heitu Port. Those who were unlucky would probably have to dig coal in the coal mines of Heitu Port until they died. At that time, the Haihan people did not mention anything about "

"Rule of law", and even later dealt with the person without even communicating with the Yacheng officials.

When Zhan Gui thought of this, he couldn't help but breathe a little faster. He thought that he had never done anything to offend the Haihan people - well, that is to say, in the early trading process, there were some shortcomings and shoddy goods.

It was just a means. But that was more than a year ago, and the amount involved was not large. There was no need for the Haihan people to make things so big, right? It was easy to get in through the door of the security department, but not necessarily to get out. If Haihan people

If the Han people don't let them go, what will they do with their own families? What should they do with such a large amount of property? Will the Han people just swallow up all their property as well after dealing with them?

While Zhan Gui was thinking wildly, Hao Wanqing, who was leading the way, suddenly turned around and said: "Boss Zhan, don't be nervous. I just invite you to come over and have a chat. I don't mean anything else."

Zhan Gui came to his senses and responded quickly: "No, no, I didn't misunderstand anything."

Hao Wanqing smiled, said nothing, and took Zhan Gui to an office on the second floor. Zhan Gui saw that the windows of this room were bright and clean, and the furnishings in the room were no different from those of ordinary Haihan Agency offices, nor did he expect it.

The torture tools and the pungent smell of blood made him relax a little and sat down on the wicker chair opposite Hao Wanqing.

Hao Wanqing ordered someone to pour tea, and then said to Zhan Gui: "I didn't explain something clearly to Director Zhou just now. Let me introduce myself first. I am Hao Wanqing, director of the Nanyang Affairs Office of the Haihan Security Department. Boss Zhan knows our department.

What are its functions?”

Zhan Gui thought to himself, how dare he talk nonsense about such a thing in front of you, and quickly responded: "I don't know, please tell Director Hao!"

Hao Wanqing nodded and said: "The main function of our department is to collect all kinds of intelligence and information from the outside world, sort out those parts that may pose threats to Haihan, and then take corresponding measures to resolve these threats."

Zhan Gui didn't understand what he heard, but he kept nodding his head to show that he was listening carefully.

"You probably don't understand very well when I do this. For example, I have the same nature as your Dongchang Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty!" Hao Wanqing simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly: "But the difference is that what we do

The thing is not to be loyal to a certain person, but to be loyal to Haihan as a collective."

Zhan Gui was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly: "Yes... yes... I understand... understand!"

"Boss Zhan, you don't have to be so nervous. I don't have any ill intentions towards you by inviting you here today." At this time, the staff just came in with tea, and Hao Wanqing stopped talking and said, "Drink tea first to relieve the tension.

.”

Zhan Gui took two sips of the hot tea and relaxed a little. The tea brewed in the tea cup was not bad. Zhan Gui took a sip and tasted it. This was Tieguanyin from Anxi, Fujian, and it was top grade.

, it seems that what Hao Wanqing said is not a joke, after all, no matter how rich they are, they will not use such good things to entertain prisoners.

"Actually, I invited you here today because I have something to ask Boss Zhan for help." Hao Wanqing's words surprised Zhan Gui a little.
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